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Bleddyn ap Cynfyn: the first Prince of Wales?

Section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting a woman and child fleeing from a burning house. (Photo by Universal History Archive/Getty Images)

The Anglo-Saxons’ last stand

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Q&A: How did the Normans learn to build castles?

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5 reasons you won’t want to miss our York History Weekend

A section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the battle of Hastings. Anglo-Saxon foot soldiers are seen defending themselves with a wall of shields against Norman cavalry. (Photo by Photo12/UIG via Getty Images)

What the Normans did for us

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The secrets of 6 of Britain’s most famous castles – with Dan Jones

The Harrying of the North. Gouache on paper, by Patrick Nicolle (1907–95). Private collection. (© Look and Learn/Bridgeman Images)

Occupation, resistance, subjugation: the bloody aftermath of 1066

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The 1016 Danish Conquest that led to the battle of Hastings

Battle of Hastings. (Neil Holmes/Getty Images)

Q&A: If the battle of Hastings had never taken place, would British history have been any different?

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The Norman Conquest

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The ultimate Normans guide

The battle of Stamford Bridge, 1066. (Mary Evans Picture Library/Alamy Stock Photo)

1066 – how the Viking diversion cost Harold his throne

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Q&A: Who was Eadnoth the Staller?

Events leading up to the battle of Hastings, and the conflict itself, are depicted in the Bayeux tapestry, a 68-metre-long embroidered frieze probably made within 20 years of the Conquest. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/UIG via Getty Images)

Bayeux unravelled: the scenes behind the threads